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Friends2 quotes
How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part. — Alexander Pope · 1732Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends. — Alexander Pope · 1709Anonymity1 quote
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie. — Alexander Pope · 1700Appearance vs. reality1 quote
All nature is but art unknown to thee,
All chance, direction which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good. — Alexander Pope · 1733Art1 quote
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;
To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,
Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold:
For this the tragic Muse first trod the stage. — Alexander Pope · 1713Being passive aggressive1 quote
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. — Alexander Pope · 1735Change1 quote
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Alexander Pope · 1711Character1 quote
An honest man's the noblest work of God. — Alexander Pope · 1733Children1 quote
Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. — Alexander Pope · 1733Compassion1 quote
Teach me to feel another's wo,
To hide the fault I see:
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me. — Alexander Pope · 1738Consequences of greed1 quote
Methinks God has punish'd the Avaritious as he often punishes sinners, in their own way, in the very sin itself: the thirst of gain was their crime, that thirst continued became their punishment and ruin. — Alexander Pope · 1720Consequences of lying1 quote
He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. — Alexander Pope · 1727Courtship and dating1 quote
They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake. — Alexander Pope · 1704Criticism1 quote
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. — Alexander Pope · 1735Death1 quote
How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part. — Alexander Pope · 1732Death of friends1 quote
How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part. — Alexander Pope · 1732Disappointment1 quote
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. — Alexander Pope · 1727Dogs1 quote
Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends. — Alexander Pope · 1709Downsides of education1 quote
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again. — Alexander Pope · 1711Education1 quote
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again. — Alexander Pope · 1711Empathy1 quote
Teach me to feel another's wo,
To hide the fault I see:
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me. — Alexander Pope · 1738Envy1 quote
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods. — Alexander Pope · 1733Expectations1 quote
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. — Alexander Pope · 1727Forgiveness1 quote
To err is human, to forgive divine. — Alexander Pope · 1711God1 quote
I think it was a generous thought, and one that flowed from an exalted mind, that it was not improbable but God might be delighted with the various methods of worshipping him, which divided the whole world. — Alexander Pope · 1716God and nature1 quote
All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body nature is, and God the soul. — Alexander Pope · 1733Going for it1 quote
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. — Alexander Pope · 1711Good government1 quote
For forms of government let fools contest;
Whate'er is best administered is best. — Alexander Pope · 1733Government1 quote
For forms of government let fools contest;
Whate'er is best administered is best. — Alexander Pope · 1733Greed1 quote
Methinks God has punish'd the Avaritious as he often punishes sinners, in their own way, in the very sin itself: the thirst of gain was their crime, that thirst continued became their punishment and ruin. — Alexander Pope · 1720Home1 quote
Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
In his own ground. — Alexander Pope · 1700